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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

UK plans to send anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine, says Ben Wallace

A Starstreak surface-to-air missile system.
A demonstration of the Starstreak surface-to-air missile system being offered to Ukraine. Photograph: UK MoD Crown copyright/PA

Britain is planning to supply Starstreak anti-aircraft weapons and “a small consignment” of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine as Russian forces close in on Kyiv to the east, the defence secretary has said.

The UK would also continue to supply NLAW short-range anti-tank weapons, Ben Wallace told the Commons, and has already given Ukraine 3,615 of the portable missile systems – nearly double the 2,000 figure previously disclosed.

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